Boudoir cap



Patented Get. 21, 1924.

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WILLIAM STRAUSS} or NEW YORK,,1\T. Y.

hattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Boudoir Cap, of which the following is a full clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in hats, and has particular reference to boudoir caps and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved cap of simple and practical construction wherein the elements comprising the same are assembled and connected to form an openwork cap which may be snugly fitted over the head and which will provide a neat and attractive appearance when being worn.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the caps constructed in accordance with the invention p I Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan. view thereof; 1

Figure 3 is a side elevation of another form of the cap; and

Figure 4: is a section on the line l4; of Figure 3.

The hat of the present invention is designed particularly for use as a boudoir cap to be worn by women with bobbed hair, but it will of course be understood that the same may be used for other purposes as well.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the cap comprises a plurality of vertical strips 5 formed of ribbon of any suitable color. These strips 5 are all. of the same length and are arran ed to intersect medially of their ends Fromthe to form the crown of the cap. point of intersection the strips extend downwardly in diverging relation, all of the strips being preferably arranged equidistances apart. At the center of intersection the strips 5 may be secured together by a rosette 6. The lower ends of the strips 5 are connected by an annular band 7 forming the rim of the cap, said band being stitched or otherwise secured to said strips and preferably provided with a fringe 8 depending BOUDOIR CAP.

Application filed April 24, 1924. Serial No. 708.752.

therefrom, said band and fringe being formed of the same material as the strips lln casedwithin the band 7 is an elastic 9 .\VlllCl1;PelII1ltS of ad ustment of. the band about the head of thewearer and which is utilized to maintain the cap in a snugly fitting position. R

The strips 5 are connected intermediate their points of intersection and free extrenrities thereof by a plurality of horizontal strips 10, also of the same material as the These horizontal strips are an 7 strips 5. ranged cireumferentially about the strips 5 and in spaced relation to each other, the strips increasingin length from the crown of the cap to the rim. Each strip 10 is preferably secured to the strips 5 by knotting the strip 10 about said strips 5, as indicated at 11.- By thus joining the vertical and horizontal strips in the manner specified an openwork cap is provided of neat and at tractive appearance. 1

In Figures 3 and 4, a cap is shown embodying the essential characteristics of the cap shown in Figure 1. In Figure 3 the cap is illustrated as comprising a plurality of vertical strips 12 arranged in precisely the same manner as the strips 5, but being oined at their intersecting points by means of a bow 13 of ribbon instead of the rosette 6. At a suitable distance from the crown or apex of the cap a plurality of horizontal strips 14 arranged circumferentially about ends are bent upon tl'iemselves to form loiu s 15. A length of ribbon 16. forn'iing the rim of the cap and providing an fixijllSillilg means in the nature ofa pull string, has its intcrmediate portion extendedthrough the va-' rious loops 15 and its ends arrangedadjw cent each other, as shown in Figure so that after the cap isplaced upon the head the pull string may be drawn taut and thereafter tied to cause the cap to fit snugly.

What is claimed is: g 1. A hat including a plurality of strips of equal length intersecting intermediate their ends at a common center to form the crown of the hat and extending downwardly from said center in diverging relation, and a plurality of other strips transecting the first,- named strips and of successively increasing length from the crown to the rim of the hat.

2. A hat including a plurality of strips intersecting at a common center to form the crown of the hat and extending downwardly in diverging relation, {L plurality of other strips arranged circuinferentia-lly about the first-named strips in spaced relation to each other, and adjustable means connecting the lower ends of the first-namedstrips -for forming the-rinr 0L the'hat. v

stripsbeing formed with loops a plurality of other stripsnrranged circuinferentially about the first-named strips in spaced relation' to each other, and a pull string extending through the loops of the first-named strips for forining the rim of the hat and permitting said hatto be fitted snugly upon the head vof the wearer.

WILLIAM srni u'ss. 

